It was gathered that
the airline left Dubai for Lagos at 10am but an hour into the about eight-hour
trip, the woman gave birth, forcing the pilots to return the plane to Dubai to
disembark the mother and the new born.
A plane conveying
Nigerian citizens from Dubai, United Arab Emirates, has made a U-turn after a
pregnant woman gave birth to a baby mid-air.
Chairman, Nigerians
in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, made this known on Wednesday.
Minister of Foreign
Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, had said 265 Nigerians would arrive in Lagos from
Dubai on Wednesday as part of efforts to bring citizens willing to come back to
the country amid the Coronavirus outbreak.
It was gathered that
the airline left Dubai for Lagos at 10am but an hour into the about eight-hour
trip, the woman gave birth, forcing the pilots to return the plane to Dubai to
disembark the mother and the new born.
The plane, which was
scheduled to arrive at 3pm is now expected to land at the Murtala Muhammed
International Airport at 7pm.
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